Naatu Kozhi Biryani / Country chicken Biryani

In my Naatu Kozhi Varuval post i have mentioned, that I do not know the difference between the country chicken and broiler chicken. Now I got to know that coz of my loving blogger friends of cookingvarieties and divya. Thank you friends. This recipe got from kitchen Tantra with slight variations.

Ingredients 1 (For Marination)

Country Chicken – 1/2 kg

Salt – 1/4 tsp

Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp

Chilli powder – 1 tsp

Coconut oil – 2 tsp

Ingredients 2 ( For making masala)

Tomato – 1

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Green chillies – 3

Coriander leaves – a handful

Mint leaves – a handful

Salt – 1/4 tsp

Lemon – 2 tsp

Yogurt – 1/2 cup (nearly 4 tsp)

Ingredients 3 (For Biryani)

Biryani Rice – 3 cups

Green chillies – 3 (cut lengthwise)

Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp (optional)

Onion – 3 (cut lengthwise)

Tomato – 4

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Ghee – 5 tsp

Water – 4.5 cups

Salt – as per taste

Ingredients 4 (Spices – to fry)

Cloves – 4 to 5

Cinnamon stick – 3 (Crushed)

Bayleaves – 3 (Crushed)

Star anise – 3 to 4

Cardamon – 2

Fennel seeds – 1/4 tsp

Oil – 3 tsp

Method

Mix the ingredients mentioned in Ingredients 1 and marinate the chicken for 1 hr.

Soak rice for 20 min.

Make a paste of masala with the ingredients 2 and keep aside.

In a pressure cooker, add oil and when hot, add the spices (ingredients 4) one by one and fry for a minute.